Blake Lively has been accused of ‘hijacking’ a movie and forcing her co-stars to sit out the premiere ‘in the basement,’ an explosive new lawsuit claims.
Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds are being sued by actor Justin Baldoni and his publicists, who say the actress hatched a scheme to end their careers and discredit them by making false accusations of sexual harassment.
Court documents obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com accuse Lively and Reynolds of using their combined star power to hijack the domestic abuse film It Ends With Us, with Lively intervening in the production despite allegedly not reading the book until filming. was underway.
The kidnapping allegedly went so far as to relegate Baldoni and his family to the basement after arriving on the red carpet for the film’s premiere on August 6, 2024, because “Lively demanded he not attend.”
The lawsuit said: “Security personnel, acting as if there was a ‘flight’ risk, escorted Baldoni’s group to the basement of the building.
“There, they were confined to a makeshift waiting area surrounded by food stalls, with only folding tables and chairs arranged in a square.”
Blake Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds are being sued by actor Justin Baldoni and his publicists, who say the actress hatched a scheme to end their careers and discredit them by making false accusations of sexual harassment.

The It Ends With Us movie hijacking allegedly went so far as to relegate Baldoni and his family to the basement when they arrived at the premiere on August 6, 2024, because ‘Lively demanded he not attend’
Lively’s sexual harassment allegations first surfaced three weeks ago in a New York Times story that included text messages sent between her publicists that they now say were cherry-picked and stripped of context to make it appear that Baldoni was orchestrating a “campaign.” of discredit” against the actress.
But the Italian actor says it was Lively who was the real orchestrator of a negative publicity campaign, claiming she had been working with her own publicist Leslie Sloane and the New York Times for months before the article was published.
Baldoni is already suing the outlet for $250 million for defamation and slander, claiming the story was based on Lively’s “self-serving narrative.”
The new filing is a cross-complaint with Lively’s, noting that Baldoni and her publicists even received documents while trying to evacuate their homes during the devastating Los Angeles wildfires that swept through the city last week.
Lively, the complaint adds, was safe in her home in New York, even as she deployed process servers in the middle of the infernos.
The home of Baldoni attorney Bryan Freedman was among the victims of the Palisades Fire.

The lawsuit notes that Baldoni and his publicists even received documents while trying to evacuate their homes during the devastating Los Angeles wildfires that devastated the city last week: His attorney Bryan Freedman lost his home in the Palisades fire.

Baldoni said Lively worked with her own publicist Leslie Sloane and the New York Times for months before the explosive article against her was published.
The filing also details how Baldoni’s publicists, Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Abel, endured death threats and a torrent of abuse after Lively’s allegations, some of them anti-Semitic, were aired.
An industry source told DailyMail.com: ‘The only question we need to ask now that we can see the bigger picture is why did Blake make the decision to do this?
“There can only be two reasons: one, that she did not believe that the other party would defend herself, or two, that she herself was shown messages edited and manipulated by her own team of advisors.
“It will be interesting to see how she behaves now that the public has the full, unredacted communications.”
In a statement released exclusively to DailyMail.com, Nathan and Abel described the impact of Lively’s allegations as “devastating” and accused the actress of bullying them.
“It is devastating that we are forced to respond to this callously self-serving ongoing litigation, rife with documented and demonstrable lies in the midst of the tragedy affecting California, where we reside,” the statement said.
‘Five months ago, Ms. Lively decided to promote a film about domestic violence in a way that caused an instant, organic negative reaction due to her own highly publicized actions.
‘Instead of accepting responsibility, he cruelly decided to blame us. This malicious attack on private individuals by Ms. Lively and her team in which they chose to feed the New York Times manipulated, out-of-context and edited text messages in an effort to present herself as a victim sparked a chain of events that has been damaging beyond measure,” they continued.
‘To be clear, Ms. Lively and her team initiated this media smear campaign with the sole intention of gaining undeserved public sympathy for their own mistakes.
‘Over the last month, we have received death threats, abhorrent abuse and vile anti-Semitic insults due to his decision to use us as scapegoats for his own decisions in promoting his film from which he made millions of dollars.
“With this presentation, we lift the curtain on what happens when those who have the right use power, fear and money as weapons to destroy, intimidate and intimidate those who stand in their way.”
The new lawsuit comes after months of battles between Lively and Baldoni, who dramatically feuded over It Ends With Us, which the actress has been accused of hijacking.

The lawsuit says the backlash Lively received during the film’s advertising campaign was a direct result of her using it to promote her own brands, including her alcohol company, Betty Buzz, in a tone-deaf manner, but not as result of a smear campaign.

According to the new lawsuit, the backlash he received during the film’s advertising campaign was a direct result of it being used to promote his own brands, including an alcoholic beverage company, in a tone-deaf manner, but not the result of a smear campaign. .
The lawsuit goes on to say that she tried to force Baldoni to issue a statement that he would “take responsibility” in the face of the backlash and when he refused, she conspired to drive him out of the industry entirely through “false accusations of sexual abuse.” “. harassment’.
The End of Us became one of the most talked about movies of the year after its release in August, but for all the wrong reasons.
The romantic drama follows Lily Bloom, played by Blake Lively, as she becomes embroiled in an abusive relationship with Justin Baldoni’s Ryle Kincaid.
An alleged point of contention was how the film should be marketed, as Lively reportedly wanted to make the story more upbeat in contrast to Baldoni, who felt it should focus more on the abuse aspect.
As rumors of the feud persisted, social media backlash began to turn against Lively, who has been repeatedly criticized for her responses in interviews promoting the film.

The lawsuit goes on to say that she tried to force Baldoni to issue a statement that he would “take responsibility” in the face of the backlash and when he refused, she conspired to drive him out of the industry entirely through “false accusations of sexual abuse.” “. harassment’

She was criticized as “tone deaf” and “shallow” after she conducted an interview with her It Ends With Us co-stars and failed to discuss the serious message behind the film.
Another clash occurred when Baldoni asked how much Lively weighed before a scene in which he was supposed to lift her.
The A-list actress reportedly said this made her feel “embarrassed,” while those close to Baldoni insisted he was just trying to protect her back after an injury.
Unlike many projects where controversy affects the box office, It Ends With Us still emerged as a box office hit, despite mixed reviews from critics.
More to follow…